Out in Public: Reinventing Lesbian / Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World

Out in Public addresses, and engages us in, the new and exciting directions in the emerging field of lesbian/gay anthropology. The authors offer a deep conversation about the meaning of sexuality, subjectivity and culture.

Affirms the importance of recognizing gay and lesbian social issues within the arena of public anthropology

Explores critical concerns of gay activism in a variety of global settings, from the U.S., the European Union, Singapore, Nigeria, India, Nicaragua, and Guadalajara

Offers a unique focus on the politics of being gay and lesbian - in cross-cultural perspective

Ellen Lewin is Professor of Women’s Studies and
Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is the author of
Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture
(Cornell University Press, 1993) and Recognizing Ourselves:
Lesbian and Gay Ceremonies of Commitment (Columbia University
Press, 1998), and the editor of Inventing Lesbian Cultures in
America (Beacon Press, 1996) and of Feminist Anthropology: A
Reader (Blackwell, 2006). With William L. Leap, she has
co-edited two volumes of essays on lesbian and gay anthropology,
Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay
Anthropologists (University of Illinois Press, 1996) and Out
in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology
(University of Illinois Press, 2002).

William Leap is Professor of Anthropology at American
University. He is the author of Word’s Out: Gay
Men’s English (University of Minnesota Press, 1996), and
editor of Public Sex, Gay Space (Columbia University Press,
1999) and co-editor of Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization
and Gay Language (University of Illinois Press, 2004). With
Ellen Lewin, he has co-edited Out in the Field and Out in
Theory.

"Lewin and Leap have done it again. Out in Public is an
innovative collection of essays focusing on anthropology’s
place in public debates over lesbian/gay lives. This book
demonstrates the crucial contributions that lesbian/gay
anthropology can offer contemporary debates over sexuality and
justice."
–Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine

"For the contributors to this fine volume, practicing
anthropology in public is not about "problem-solving."
Rather, to be out in practice is to use anthropology to protest the
dominant gender order."
–Richard Handler, University of Virginia

"Lewin and Leap have collected many intriguing insights about
the neoliberal global order, real-world problems, and non-normative
sexualities and genders. Those looking for sharp analyses of
contemporary sexual politics will find Out in
Public to be indispensable. It is a
timely and fascinating read that demonstrates, once again, the
centrality of lesbian/gay studies in anthropology to the field at
large and to the wider academy."
–Jeff Maskovsky, Queen’s College, City
University of New York

"Insightful, rich portraits of Gay/Lesbian communities as they
come Out in Public in Nicaragua, Thailand, Mexico, Nigeria, Europe,
Singapore and the U.S. Anthropologists engage in contemporary
debates such as gay marriage, gay fatherhood, LGBT rights, and
HIV/AIDS prevention. Critical, sensitive, and compelling
reading."
–Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico

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